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Is there a way to split the screen between a program running through the X-server and a standard text-based terminal? I am operating under Cygwin under Windows.
The solution should be as keyboard-based as possible.
[Screen A - Running xeyes ] || [Screen B - Running bash shell #2]
Then, through a single (or a few) keystroke(s), I am able to switch the focus on the left side (just like in GNU Screen between different screen windows):
[Screen A - Running bash shell #1 ] || [Screen B - Running bash shell #2]
The solution already exists if all the programs are bash shells. Using GNU Screen, I can switch between Bash shell 1 or bash shell 2 or bash shell 3. Essentially what I want to do is run simultaneously and view simultaneously the output, a X-server-based program AND a bash shell. For example, the left side might be a .pdf document and the right side a bash shell. And I frequently and rapidly switch the focus on the left side between different pdf documents.
Related is the tile-window-manager programs for linux, I'm not sure if I can run those under cygwin (openbox?).
Thanks for your input.
It seems like you should be able to use a Windows tiling window manager to achieve what you want (http://superuser.com/questions/10347/what-tiling-window-manager-for-windows-do-you-recommend lists some). Alternatively, run bash in xterm, a tiling X WM, and use a full screen Xserver session...
– jturney – 2014-03-03T19:50:56.777